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PlanetDivoc91

Grant number: 221750/Z/20/Z

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Start & end year

    2020
    2021

  • Known Financial Commitments (USD)

    $194,990.9

  • Funder

    Wellcome Trust

  • Principal Investigator

    Dr. Bella Starling

  • Research Location

    United Kingdom

  • Lead Research Institution

    University of Manchester

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Policies for public health, disease control & community resilience

  • Research Subcategory

    Communication

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Adults (18 and older)

  • Vulnerable Population

    Unspecified

  • Occupations of Interest

    Unspecified

Abstract

A 9-part digital comic for young adults (YA) aged 16-25 providing an alternative, character-based narrative about a pandemic. Co-created with young adults from across the globe, multidisciplinary researchers and experts, renowned comic writers and artists, PlanetDivoc91 offers audiences diverse perspectives on how to make sense of a pandemic. It connects and empowers YA - whose voices have been marginal in the COVID crisis - to be heard in current and future pandemic research and policy. This proposal builds on work already started in the UK and internationally, to extend in greater depth globally, particularly in India and South Africa (SA).